The printer definition file contains ASCII control codes
used to control several different ASCII printers directly, bypassing
the Windows print driver. The BlueZone Printer emulators convert
SCS printer control commands to the selected ASCII printer control
codes. This is not desirable if the printer data stream coming from
the host is not SCS or does not contain SCS printer control commands,
like ASCII Transparent Printing or iSeries Host Print Transform.
When to use
- Use with LU3 DSC/DSE printer data streams where print data and
embedded page control characters (LF, FF, CR) are converted from EBCDIC
to ASCII then sent to the printer.
- When using ASCII Transparent Printing
- When using iSeries Host Print Transform
When not to use
- Printing EBCDIC LU1 and LU4 SCS printer data streams where printer
control commands sent by the host are converted to ASCII printer escape
sequences.
- Standard SCS printing to a 3812 or 3287 type printer emulator.
Required emulator settings
Settings required
in the File:Print Setup property sheet necessary to properly configure
the emulator for this feature.
- Click the Passthrough tab.
- Check the Send all Data Directly to the Printer check box.
- Clear the Use Printer Definition to Convert Formatting
Commands to Printer Escapes check box. Checking this
results in unpredictable behavior.
- Select a target printer, the Use default Windows Printer check
box, or Print to File.
Ignored emulator settings
Settings that
have no affect when the required settings are made are disabled.